The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-08-10
A QUEER CREATURE.
COLD AND SIIIVElISG IN MIDSl NJ
MEIt--WAR0I As a ERITTER

| h"h-- "AlSh NS a ERiEFES
When the Bleak Winter Comcs-..Iea,
ROGET Tells of tho PeculInrittcs ot ,,i.
Physical Mnkc.up.A puz>Ic :, An ,,,o
Scientists.
WABASH, Ind, July u. Tho people
of Wabash will not soon rorgot theow
boat of lost Sotur,1o ,,l c,,,,1
'"' ''i'''J' "i',n
'iio pr"SSy shloS lookeu down upon the
white limestone Which glowcd in the hot
sunshine and scnt mn cnrrnnt. ,r ho,t :,
onru,;n
Gay 'niie more unocar"D!e t!ah 'Ai
burning rays that descended from above
On the evening of that swcltariuo SAT.
urdov vor, oo,.,os,,,,,l,4
'''N' q D'''t
So s'r'nSc "iil OUT ol harmony WIZ ms
surroundings that repetition OF lis
wonderful story cannot fail 10 interest
tho reader, even though that reader mny
take no thought of its scientific phase.
which, if it has counterpart in Tho
whole world of experience, is unknown
to the writer. just at dark, the writer.
as he was passing the Wabash dcpot,
trying in every possible way to Keen
cool, noticed largc-sizcd man standin,,
near the depot building, apparently lust
arrived on an incoming train. He looked
like laboring man, ana would not have
attracted attention anywhere except for
one thing: He was dressed in heavy win
ter clothing, such rs no sane man would
have worn with the thermometer at SO
degrees, as it was then. Was he an in.
valid, whose blood was too thin and poor
to be affected by the terrible heat in
common with bis fellows? Iic was too
vigorous and hcalthy-looking, and that
theory had to be abandoned. Was he a
tramp, whose wardrobe did not afford n
hot weather suit? He did not look like
tramp; besides, he had on surplus
clothing, even to an OvcrcOat that be
might have carried, He did not look
heated. On the other hand, he had
much the appearance of man chilled
and suffering with the cold. His over
coat collar was turned up about his ears
ard his hands were thrust deep into his
pockets. The correspondent had not
watch him long until he grew curious
and concluded to investigate the phc.
nomcnon. He accordingly took posi-
ton near the stranger and remarked,
while he famed himself vigorously with
his straw hat "Tis warm tonight "
80 they tell me, replied the man in
broken English, with Il mixture of
French; 81 do not know"
"But you certainly do not havo to be
told that 1t Is hot tonight" said the cor
respondent, who was f"lntly suspicious
tnat the stranger was trying to guy
nm. closer inspection, however,
showed him that the man was not suffer
ing from heat, warmly as he was dressed,
Tor there was not a particle of pcrspira.
ton about nm. 81 have not been warm
since last winter, except when ! was 10y
warm stove or IN bed, said the strang-
or III serious tone that banlshed the
ldea tnat ne was Joking.
nhllne Is strange case, he continued.
Nonld you care to hear 1T; 1t Is not
long!
should certainly like to hear the
history OF man who IS not warm
tonight, dressed as you are IN heavy
"ooiGnS, sad your correspondent.
wen, then, was born forty-twO
years ago thlS month III northern
province Oh france, lii Alsacc, OF peasant
phrchtagc. lhcrc Is nothing III my his
Tory tnat IS OF interest, but there is
somethin8 IN me that has interested
many-a Pecuharity that has puzzled
science, ana Is without parallel III the
"hoie world SO SO lar as / Know or have
ever heard. Inc peculiarly consists in
the TACT that when others are warm am
coia' ana vice versa. shlVcr with cold
i'huer not July sun, ana swciter with
ilc'IT n IAN amid i, tho SHOWS OF winter; My name
IS Jean hocet, and my father was Il
laDorcr , IN brewery III AiS"cG, ana had
inrgo family, OF winch was the
Youngest except one, sister, vino was
porn three years later, None Of ny
prothcrS or sistcTs PoSscSSed my pccu-
marty NY mother iirst discovered that
! was hol IKE otilGr cmIdrcn when was
npout one year ana hail OLD, before /
can can myself remember. NY parents and
Tue Tue mnGighDors nc were greatly puzzled at
Vhc pnchomeha, put not more so than
were tIo sclontlhc men who examined
me III iatcf years. l was the wonder OF
our helBllDorhoou as grew up, Tor